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Received: 5 March 2025

Revised: 1 April 2025

Accepted: 4 April 2025

First Online: 12 May 2025

Declarations

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: We confirm that our research did not involve human participants or human biological material; it exclusively utilized aggregated administrative healthcare cost data. No personally identifiable data were obtained or used, and therefore, ethical committee approval was not required. Informed consent to participate was also not applicable. We further confirm that all methods were conducted in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations, including Slovak Law 153/2013, which does not mandate ethical committee approval for the use of such datasets.

: Not applicable.